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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 8502370" data-attributes="member: 6716779">I would say that's being intellectually dishonest. In some cases the author didn't know any better because if the prevailing attitudes of the time or because humans don't generally see themselves as evil.  If your culture believes in sacrificing humans to make the sun come up you're probably not going to think it's wrong.  Using Hitler for example his views were fairly common in the area he grew up in and then those views became radicalized by the events of WW1. Anti semetism in Vienna and more broadly Europe was very common at the time.  Then you have the events of WW1. That's an extreme example using HP Lovecraft as an example he was a contemporary of Hitler along with Rupert Murdochs father. Looking at what happened in America/Australia at the time they were definitely products of their time. Rgat dies t excuse their evil but it explains it. Sounds like Lovecraft's early years involved mental health issues in his family shaped by his environment.</blockquote>